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University of Calgary Gazette, Volume 011, Number 030

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Board probes cost-cutting implications
The Board of Governors
devoted a considerable portion of its Jan. 28 meeting to a
discussion of cost-cutting
measures at U of C and the
implications that budget restrictions combined with increasing enrolments may result in larger class sizes, increased teaching loads, restrictions on student choices,
•and enrolment limitations.
The Board approved the
motion of its executive committee (reported in last
week's Gazette) to reduce
1982/83 costs by $1.5 million
and request the President and
General Faculties Council to
advise on whether additional
restrictions on enrolment will
be necessary for the fall of.
1982.
In addressing the issue,
President Norman Wagner
pointed out that provincial
funding for the past five years
has not kept pace with the increases in enrolment and the
inflationary costs of salaries,
utilities, library books, research equipment and so on.
He further pointed out that
the government has not al-
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF CALGARY
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 30
4 FEBRUARY 1982
Dr. Donald Newton of The University of Calgary faculty
of physical education has been appointed assistant director
of Fitness Canada, a Directorate of Fitness and Amateur
Sport Canada, responsible for the fitness development of all
Canadians.
"Choosing the most appropriate and effective means of
encouraging Canadians to be more active is the primary
responsibility and a most critical and challenging aspect of
the job," says Newton, who is now responsible for conceiving, developing and evaluating new programs within the
broad objectives established under the Fitness and Amateur
Sport Act.
As assistant director (fitness development), Newton will
be expected to initiate and support a variety of national
projects that will encourage fitness and to design and
support programs to educate leaders to improve their skills
in promoting physical activity; to represent the federal government at international, federal and provincial levels to
ensure that all programs are complimentary; to develop and
implement long and short range plans for Fitness Canada;
and to establish standard national programs and provide
guidelines to business and industry, national associations
and the provinces concerning such activities as the implementation of employee fitness programs, safety in health
clubs and individual exercise programs.
Dr. Newton has been a member of the U of C physical
education faculty since 1966 and was acting dean from 1974
to 1976.
In 1980 the Canadian Association for Health, Physical
Education and Recreation (CAHPER) presented him with the
R. Tait MacKenzie Award of Honour medal for distinguished
service to the physical education profession. He also received the loy of Effort medal for his outstanding contribution to CAHPER and a lifetime of work as a physical educator; and was made a fellow of the society in recognition of
excellence in service and his many contributions to the
physical education field on a national and international
level.
lowed the U of C to increase
its only other major source of
revenue, tuition fees.
"In fact, tuition fee
revenue has declined as a
result of total revenue from
almost 17 per cent twelve
years ago to less than 10 per
cent today. While this has
been good for students, the
taxpayer has been paying
more each year for each student's education," Wagner
said.
The board also discussed
the fact the U of Cs per stu
dent grant is less than that
granted to the University of
Alberta — $6,140 versus
$6,959.
Board member Bob Wilson
suggested U of C needs to
communicate with those
members of the community
which would be most affected by enrolment limitations,
and ensure the community at
large has the correct expectation of U of Cs ability to deliver programs.
President Wagner said the
university will continue to
press its case for increased
funding with groups such as
the Advisory Committee to
the Minister of Advanced
Education and Manpower,
which is meeting on campus
Feb. 4. In addition, President
Wagner, Chairman of the
Board Ross MacKimmie and
the board's business and finance committee Chairman
Mike Williams are travelling
to Edmonton Feb. 15 for a
meeting with Advanced Education Minister Jim Horsman,
to present their case for increased funding.
TUFCA voices concerns
President Lawrence Nkemdirim of the U of C faculty association addressed the
Board of Governors meeting
of Jan. 28 on a number of issues of particular concern to
TUCFA.
"I hope I am not breaching
any confidence when I say
that the funding proposals
you sent to the government
this year reflect the major
concerns of the faculty association — concern over quality of education; concern
over access to higher education; concern over equity in
the distribution of funds to
the provincial universities;
and concern over salaries and
jobs," Nkemdirim said.
Welcoming the Board's
positive, if muted, endorsement of TUCFA's brief on salaries, he said that TUCFA was
willing and ready to join the
BoG in an intensive lobbying
effort designed to improve
the level of funding.
At its Jan. 19 general meeting, TUCFA directed its negotiating committee to negotiate for realistic inflationary
coverage, for realistic real
economic gain, and substantial catch-up of the erosion
suffered by faculty over the
last 10 years.
Negotiations
The negotiating committee, in its bargaining with the
BoG, will press for the inclusion of the following: Procedures for determining and
methods of assigning teaching responsibilities and related duties; the establishment of salary and wage
schedules; procedures for
fixing sick leave and other allowable leaves; procedures
for determining conditions
governing probation, term of
employment, performance
review, promotions; proce
dures respecting the settlement of differences between
parties and grievances; procedures for determining rights
relating to copyright and patent matters; and procedures
respecting negotiations for
future agreements; layoff and
redundancy.
"Underfunding of universities is a national problem,"
Nkemdirim told the Board.
"It is in recognition of the
scope of the problem that the
Canadian Association of University Teachers has declared
the last week of March a national week of concern over
underfunding. The week is designed to bring the financial
difficulties of universities to
the attention of the public in
general and all levels of government in particular.
"The university community
as a whole is expected to get
involved in it since it is a matter that affects us all."
Students oppose TCH twinning
Despite the fact that seven
environmental design students felt they were banging
their heads against a wall at
recent public hearings on the
twinning of the Trans-Canada
Highway from the Banff
traffic circle to the Sunshine
turnoff, they may yet have
some influence on future
transportation planning in
Banff National Park.
Graduate students Martha
McCallum, John Mahoney,
Randy Bell, Robin Coote,
Maxine Copeman, Terry Du-
guid and Beverly Pitman presented a detailed brief to the
hearings, offering a number
of solutions which could
solve some of the traffic congestion problems.
• "Department of Public
Works' (DPW) traditional approach to traffic problems -
laying down asphalt to meet
Laying down asphalt
in Banff
demand - failed to take into
account the environment in
which they are working," says
McCallum. "They failed to
realize the fundamental incompatibility of a major
traffic corridor and national
park."
The students looked at the
whole question of traffic congestion and found DPW's jus-
the neerl to twin
-
inappropriate for a number of
reasons.
They agreed with DPW that
there was a traffic congestion
problem, but pointed out that
the problem only affected 4.5
per cent of the annual traffic,
occurring mainly on summer
long weekends and winter
weekends.
Highway outdated
by 1988
DPW chose to peg the
annual growth rate at just
over three per cent, concluding that the twinning will
meet traffic demand until the
year 2005. The students
pointed out that if traffic continues to grow at the 1979-80
rate of 10 to 13 per cent a
year, the highway will be outdated by 1988, the same year
it is slated to open. In addition, twinning could very well
have the effect of further increasing traffic.
"They looked at it in a
piece-meal way," says John
Mahoney who made the presentation at the hearing. "We
looked at the whole problem,
agreed that there was a traffic problem, but we also
pointed out that there were
other problems such as auto
accidents and animal road
kills that they were not considering."
rho cturtantc rprnmmpnrl-
ed spot improvements to
existing interchanges and intersections, interpretive pull-
out areas, roadways and parkways as well as to the highway itself.
Second, they suggested
measures to improve driver
safety and eliminate animal
road kills such as a variety of
barriers, measures to deter
animal use of road right-of-
way and construction of
structures to provide safe
animal crossings.
A third component of their
proposal was public transportation which would seem
to ideally fit the park environment with fewer autos, minimal environmental damage,
energy savings and fewer accidents. On an ordinary summer weekend half the traffic
on the highway is destined to
Banff and the majority of
these short trips to popular
areas close to town. Public
transportation would greatly
relieve this congestion.
"One of the problems we
faced was that no one
seemed to know whose responsibility it was to make
continued on page 4
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third
class class*
POM
CALGARY. ALBERTA

Board probes cost-cutting implications
The Board of Governors
devoted a considerable portion of its Jan. 28 meeting to a
discussion of cost-cutting
measures at U of C and the
implications that budget restrictions combined with increasing enrolments may result in larger class sizes, increased teaching loads, restrictions on student choices,
•and enrolment limitations.
The Board approved the
motion of its executive committee (reported in last
week's Gazette) to reduce
1982/83 costs by $1.5 million
and request the President and
General Faculties Council to
advise on whether additional
restrictions on enrolment will
be necessary for the fall of.
1982.
In addressing the issue,
President Norman Wagner
pointed out that provincial
funding for the past five years
has not kept pace with the increases in enrolment and the
inflationary costs of salaries,
utilities, library books, research equipment and so on.
He further pointed out that
the government has not al-
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF CALGARY
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 30
4 FEBRUARY 1982
Dr. Donald Newton of The University of Calgary faculty
of physical education has been appointed assistant director
of Fitness Canada, a Directorate of Fitness and Amateur
Sport Canada, responsible for the fitness development of all
Canadians.
"Choosing the most appropriate and effective means of
encouraging Canadians to be more active is the primary
responsibility and a most critical and challenging aspect of
the job," says Newton, who is now responsible for conceiving, developing and evaluating new programs within the
broad objectives established under the Fitness and Amateur
Sport Act.
As assistant director (fitness development), Newton will
be expected to initiate and support a variety of national
projects that will encourage fitness and to design and
support programs to educate leaders to improve their skills
in promoting physical activity; to represent the federal government at international, federal and provincial levels to
ensure that all programs are complimentary; to develop and
implement long and short range plans for Fitness Canada;
and to establish standard national programs and provide
guidelines to business and industry, national associations
and the provinces concerning such activities as the implementation of employee fitness programs, safety in health
clubs and individual exercise programs.
Dr. Newton has been a member of the U of C physical
education faculty since 1966 and was acting dean from 1974
to 1976.
In 1980 the Canadian Association for Health, Physical
Education and Recreation (CAHPER) presented him with the
R. Tait MacKenzie Award of Honour medal for distinguished
service to the physical education profession. He also received the loy of Effort medal for his outstanding contribution to CAHPER and a lifetime of work as a physical educator; and was made a fellow of the society in recognition of
excellence in service and his many contributions to the
physical education field on a national and international
level.
lowed the U of C to increase
its only other major source of
revenue, tuition fees.
"In fact, tuition fee
revenue has declined as a
result of total revenue from
almost 17 per cent twelve
years ago to less than 10 per
cent today. While this has
been good for students, the
taxpayer has been paying
more each year for each student's education," Wagner
said.
The board also discussed
the fact the U of Cs per stu
dent grant is less than that
granted to the University of
Alberta — $6,140 versus
$6,959.
Board member Bob Wilson
suggested U of C needs to
communicate with those
members of the community
which would be most affected by enrolment limitations,
and ensure the community at
large has the correct expectation of U of Cs ability to deliver programs.
President Wagner said the
university will continue to
press its case for increased
funding with groups such as
the Advisory Committee to
the Minister of Advanced
Education and Manpower,
which is meeting on campus
Feb. 4. In addition, President
Wagner, Chairman of the
Board Ross MacKimmie and
the board's business and finance committee Chairman
Mike Williams are travelling
to Edmonton Feb. 15 for a
meeting with Advanced Education Minister Jim Horsman,
to present their case for increased funding.
TUFCA voices concerns
President Lawrence Nkemdirim of the U of C faculty association addressed the
Board of Governors meeting
of Jan. 28 on a number of issues of particular concern to
TUCFA.
"I hope I am not breaching
any confidence when I say
that the funding proposals
you sent to the government
this year reflect the major
concerns of the faculty association — concern over quality of education; concern
over access to higher education; concern over equity in
the distribution of funds to
the provincial universities;
and concern over salaries and
jobs," Nkemdirim said.
Welcoming the Board's
positive, if muted, endorsement of TUCFA's brief on salaries, he said that TUCFA was
willing and ready to join the
BoG in an intensive lobbying
effort designed to improve
the level of funding.
At its Jan. 19 general meeting, TUCFA directed its negotiating committee to negotiate for realistic inflationary
coverage, for realistic real
economic gain, and substantial catch-up of the erosion
suffered by faculty over the
last 10 years.
Negotiations
The negotiating committee, in its bargaining with the
BoG, will press for the inclusion of the following: Procedures for determining and
methods of assigning teaching responsibilities and related duties; the establishment of salary and wage
schedules; procedures for
fixing sick leave and other allowable leaves; procedures
for determining conditions
governing probation, term of
employment, performance
review, promotions; proce
dures respecting the settlement of differences between
parties and grievances; procedures for determining rights
relating to copyright and patent matters; and procedures
respecting negotiations for
future agreements; layoff and
redundancy.
"Underfunding of universities is a national problem,"
Nkemdirim told the Board.
"It is in recognition of the
scope of the problem that the
Canadian Association of University Teachers has declared
the last week of March a national week of concern over
underfunding. The week is designed to bring the financial
difficulties of universities to
the attention of the public in
general and all levels of government in particular.
"The university community
as a whole is expected to get
involved in it since it is a matter that affects us all."
Students oppose TCH twinning
Despite the fact that seven
environmental design students felt they were banging
their heads against a wall at
recent public hearings on the
twinning of the Trans-Canada
Highway from the Banff
traffic circle to the Sunshine
turnoff, they may yet have
some influence on future
transportation planning in
Banff National Park.
Graduate students Martha
McCallum, John Mahoney,
Randy Bell, Robin Coote,
Maxine Copeman, Terry Du-
guid and Beverly Pitman presented a detailed brief to the
hearings, offering a number
of solutions which could
solve some of the traffic congestion problems.
• "Department of Public
Works' (DPW) traditional approach to traffic problems -
laying down asphalt to meet
Laying down asphalt
in Banff
demand - failed to take into
account the environment in
which they are working," says
McCallum. "They failed to
realize the fundamental incompatibility of a major
traffic corridor and national
park."
The students looked at the
whole question of traffic congestion and found DPW's jus-
the neerl to twin
-
inappropriate for a number of
reasons.
They agreed with DPW that
there was a traffic congestion
problem, but pointed out that
the problem only affected 4.5
per cent of the annual traffic,
occurring mainly on summer
long weekends and winter
weekends.
Highway outdated
by 1988
DPW chose to peg the
annual growth rate at just
over three per cent, concluding that the twinning will
meet traffic demand until the
year 2005. The students
pointed out that if traffic continues to grow at the 1979-80
rate of 10 to 13 per cent a
year, the highway will be outdated by 1988, the same year
it is slated to open. In addition, twinning could very well
have the effect of further increasing traffic.
"They looked at it in a
piece-meal way," says John
Mahoney who made the presentation at the hearing. "We
looked at the whole problem,
agreed that there was a traffic problem, but we also
pointed out that there were
other problems such as auto
accidents and animal road
kills that they were not considering."
rho cturtantc rprnmmpnrl-
ed spot improvements to
existing interchanges and intersections, interpretive pull-
out areas, roadways and parkways as well as to the highway itself.
Second, they suggested
measures to improve driver
safety and eliminate animal
road kills such as a variety of
barriers, measures to deter
animal use of road right-of-
way and construction of
structures to provide safe
animal crossings.
A third component of their
proposal was public transportation which would seem
to ideally fit the park environment with fewer autos, minimal environmental damage,
energy savings and fewer accidents. On an ordinary summer weekend half the traffic
on the highway is destined to
Banff and the majority of
these short trips to popular
areas close to town. Public
transportation would greatly
relieve this congestion.
"One of the problems we
faced was that no one
seemed to know whose responsibility it was to make
continued on page 4
I*
third
class class*
POM
CALGARY. ALBERTA